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SAFELOG’s cellular robots can function in a spread of warehouse and manufacturing facility settings utilizing Opteran Mind. | Source: SAFELOG
Opteran Technologies this week introduced at LogiMAT a partnership with SAFELOG GmbH, a producer of order-picking and transportation robots for warehouses and factories. SAFELOG will combine its cellular robots with Opteran Mind, a general-purpose autonomy product.
“We are delighted to announce our partnership with SAFELOG, as this is another significant milestone on our path to commercializing Opteran Mind,” said David Rajan, co-founder and CEO of Opteran Technologies.
“We are seeing a rapid take up of our technology across the U.S., Japan, and Europe, so today’s agreement with SAFELOG underlines why our technology is best in class for localization and mapping for mobile robots,” he added. “It also shows that while ‘natural intelligence’ is unique in the market, our inputs and outputs are standard, making Opteran Mind a simple and attractive solution to integrate with existing mobile robots.”
The firms stated the multi-year settlement will allow SAFELOG to deal with the pressing want for better productiveness from autonomous cellular robots (AMRs) working in hazardous and dusty environments. Opteran claimed that its know-how can allow AMRs to deal with dynamic lighting and ever-changing obstacles with out GPS.
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SAFELOG goals to cut back failure charges
Markt Schwaben, Germany-based SAFELOG stated it’s growing a brand new technology of cellular robots that mix robustness and effectivity. A key goal of its challenge with Opteran is to cut back robotic failure charges due to localization errors with present 2D and 3D lidar, in addition to with visible simultaneous localization and mapping (vSLAM).
Another problem to productiveness is when lots of of automated guided automobiles (AGVs) function collectively in a warehouse setting as a result of every set up requires an infrastructure consisting of magnetic tracks and QR code reflectors. This can improve commissioning time and working prices.
Opteran stated its localization software program allows new tasks to be activated rapidly and effectively with out further infrastructure.
“There are a lot of challenges for existing autonomy solutions to overcome in the complex conditions of a warehouse, so we have been amazed by what Opteran Mind can achieve,” stated Michael Reicheicher, managing director of SAFELOG, in a launch. “Opteran’s technology performs significantly better in our mobile robots, which will be hugely beneficial for our customers. Natural Intelligence, their approach to AI, offers a robust technology that we are confident will differentiate our AMRs in the global market.”
Opteran Mind guarantees navigation breakthrough
Opteran Mind relies on 10 years of analysis into insect brains. The firm, which has amenities in London and Sheffield within the U.Ok. and Boston within the U.S., stated it reverse-engineered pure mind algorithms.
“Fundamentally, nature does navigation more efficiently than robots,” stated Opteran Technologies. By replicating nature’s method in a mannequin that the corporate calls “natural intelligence,” it stated it has delivered a “dramatic breakthrough.”
Opteran estimated that its system may price lower than $160 working on a Sony and ARM Core and utilizing Sony IMX219 cameras and RK4566 ARM chips. In comparability, present methods can vary in price from $8,400 for a 2D lidar setup to $27,000 for a 3D lidar setup, it stated.
Opteran and SAFELOG demonstrated their collaboration at LogiMAT in Stuttgart, Germany. They confirmed a SAFELOG cellular robotic utilizing Opteran Mind, which they stated may improve adaptability and reduce downtime.
The companions stated Opteran Mind may be embedded in ground-based robots and aerial drones for all kinds of purposes, from logistics and warehouse distribution to grease and gasoline inspection, mining, and autonomous automobiles.